Vector Capital

Vector Capital is a value investor in established technology businesses, both public and private. We work in partnership with management to navigate companies through transitions in their business. As a private investor we spin out non-core businesses from corporations, buy founder-owned companies, and fix balance sheets through recapitalizations. As a public investor we take strategic stakes in undervalued companies. We bridge both worlds by taking public companies private, when appropriate. We are highly selective, choosing to invest in only a handful of opportunities each year. Our approach is rigorous and deeply analytical, with an emphasis on business fundamentals, such as financial performance, competitive positioning, and product strategy. Vector Capital was founded in 1997 and is based in San Francisco. We currently manage over $2 billion in equity capital.

Max Adams

Associate

Dan Adler

Associate

Robert Amen

MD

David Baylor

MD and COO

Matt Blodgett

Senior Advisor

David Fishman

MD

Andy Fishman

MD

Ariel Garcia

Principal

Sandy Gill

MD

Stephen Goodman

Principal

David Kim

Associate

Jonas Majewski

Associate

Jim Murray

CFO

James Patrick Murray

CFO, CPA

Armen Nalband

VP

Alok Pandey

VP

David Ramazetti

MD

Alexander R. Slusky

MD, Managing Partner, Founder and CIO

Alex Slusky

MD and CIO

Thomas Smith

Principal

50 past transactions

Sizmek

Acquisition in 2016
At Sizmek, we believe creating impressions that inspire is vital to building meaningful, long-lasting relationships with your customers. We believe in solutions that help your data, creative, and media work together for optimal campaign performance across the entire customer journey. We believe in transparency so you know how your media performs, works, and costs, while giving you more control over your campaigns. When your messages resonate, your impact amplifies, and your business reaches new heights.

Meltwater

Debt Financing in 2017
Meltwater provides online media intelligence tools that help companies in PR analytics and media monitoring.

MagicCube

Series A in 2019
MagicCube, Inc. develops and operates a platform for securing data exchange between devices and the cloud. Its software platform targets the mobile applications handling user data, such as banking and shopping applications; works by embedding itself into other applications; and secures digital transactions on various devices, hardware, or operating systems. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in Sunnyvale, California.

IPVALUE Management

Acquisition in 2014
IPVALUE was founded in 2001 to meet a need voiced by C-level officers of global technology enterprises to maximize returns from their IP portfolios, within the overall context of their on-going business strategies and operations. In 2002, IPVALUE partnered with BT and began intellectual property commercialization operations. Since that time, IPVALUE has steadily generated significant returns from IP for its growing list of partners

Rocket Lab

Post in 2021
Rocket Lab Ltd. designs and manufactures rocket systems and space systems. It provides carbon composite technologies, thermal protection products, and recovery systems, as well as parachute control devices, such as line cutters and spreader guns; propulsion systems, high density monopropellant, and hybrid propulsion systems; electronic systems with applications in avionics, guidance and control, optics, and communications; and high resolution miniature optics solutions for highly space constrained rocket platforms. The company was incorporated in 2006 and is based in Auckland, New Zealand.

BarterTrust.com

Series C in 2000
BarterTrust.com, founded in 1999, is North America's largest Internet-enabled business-to-business barter exchange with more than 7,000 clients. Its founders embraced a clicks-and-mortar strategy that blends the best practices of traditional business-to-business barter and e-commerce. Clients can trade online via the Internet or with the personal assistance of an experienced trade broker. BarterTrust.com maintains 12 regional offices across the United States and expects to open more offices throughout 2000. In 1999, clients within the BarterTrust.com Network generated $120 million in barter transactions, giving the company annual revenues of $10 million. Tens of thousands of items changed hands each month within the secure BarterTrust.com Network. Headquartered in San Francisco, California, BarterTrust.com enjoys strong investor support, raising $15 million in its first two rounds of financing from such venture partners such as Argus Capital, Draper Richards, El Dorado Ventures and Vector Capital. The company recently closed a third round of financing from additional investors, including General Motors Investments, Deutsche Banc Alex. Brown, and MSC Industrial Direct.

Cheetah Digital

Acquisition in 2017
Cheetah Digital is a cross-channel customer engagement solution provider for the modern marketer. Unlike walled garden marketing clouds and IT-centric CDPs, the Cheetah Digital Customer Engagement Suite enables marketers to drive revenue, build lasting customer relationships, and deliver a unique value exchange throughout the entire customer lifecycle. Enterprise brands can create personalized experiences, cross-channel messaging, and loyalty strategies, underpinned by our engagement data platform that can scale to meet the changing demands of today's consumer.

Impartner

Private Placement in 2019
Impartner delivers robust SaaS-based partner relationship management and marketing automation platform solutions. The company is driven by a mission to enable companies to maximize revenue opportunities throughout the complete customer sales lifecycle.

Metro Engines

Venture Round in 2018
Metro Engines Co., Ltd. develops revenue management tools. It offers artificial intelligence solutions, big data solutions, competitive and review analysis, and supply and demand analysis solutions. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Planful

Merger/Acquisition in 2018
Planful is the leading provider of cloud-based connected financial planning and close solutions. Built with financial expertise and a dedication to customer success, Host Analytics meets the needs of finance and accounting teams and helps them to evolve as business conditions change. More than 800 customers including the Boston Red Sox, Bonobos, Evernote, Stoli Group, and Pipedrive rely on Planful for planning, budgeting, modeling, consolidations and reporting. Host Analytics is a private company backed by Vector Capital, a leading global private equity firm specializing in transformational investments in established technology businesses. For more information about Planful, please visit www.hostanalytics.com

Aspect Software

Acquisition in 2019
Aspect looks to enable organizations to turn the potential of unified communications into real business results, through enhanced knowledge worker and agent productivity and by helping optimize business processes throughout the enterprise and contact center for improved agility and responsiveness. Aspect provides these capabilities by leveraging Microsoft unified communications like Microsoft Active Directory, Microsoft Exchange and Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007.

Phase2Media

Series C in 2000
Phase2Media's unparalleled expertise delivers strategic, innovative marketing through interactive advertising. Phase2Media is the industry-transforming interactive advertising network which merges the talents of an elite team of experienced professionals with the technological capabilities of leading edge partners such as NetGravity. Through proven marketing expertise and advanced ad serving, targeting and tracking, Phase2Media helps sites identify revenue and advertisers increase effectiveness of campaigns.

MarkLogic

Merger/Acquisition in 2020
Data integration is one of the most complex IT challenges, and its mission is to simplify it. The MarkLogic Data Hub is a highly differentiated data platform that eliminates friction at every step of the data integration process, enabling organizations to achieve a 360 view faster than ever. By simplifying data integration, MarkLogic helps organizations gain agility, lower IT costs, and safely share their data. Organizations around the world trust MarkLogic to handle their mission-critical data, including 6 of the top 10 banks, 5 of the top 10 pharmaceutical companies, 6 of the top 10 publishers, 9 of the 15 major U.S. government agencies, and many more. Headquartered in Silicon Valley, MarkLogic has offices throughout the U.S., Europe, Asia, and Australia.

Patron Technology

Private Placement in 2020
Patron Technology’s virtually limitless event technology solution is redefining what it means to be an event creator. With our ever-evolving suite of tools, you’ll take control of your entire event, transform the attendee experience, and be a leader in your industry. Whether you want to create an in-person event, a fully virtual experience, or anything in between, our technology and team are fully equipped with everything you need.

Patron Technology

Acquisition in 2020
Patron Technology’s virtually limitless event technology solution is redefining what it means to be an event creator. With our ever-evolving suite of tools, you’ll take control of your entire event, transform the attendee experience, and be a leader in your industry. Whether you want to create an in-person event, a fully virtual experience, or anything in between, our technology and team are fully equipped with everything you need.

Triton Digital

Acquisition in 2015
Triton Digital® is the global technology and services leader to the digital audio and podcast industry. Operating in more than 45 countries, Triton Digital provides innovative technology that enables broadcasters, podcasters, and online music services to build their audience, maximize their revenue, and streamline their day-to-day operations. In addition, Triton Digital powers the global online audio industry with Webcast Metrics®, the only MRC-accredited audience measurement service that makes it easy for advertisers and brands to determine the best destination and time to reach their target audiences. Through unparalleled integrity, excellence, teamwork, and accountability, Triton Digital remains committed to connecting audio, audience, and advertisers to continuously fuel the growth of the global online industry.  For more information, visit www.TritonDigital.com.

Star Group Bangalore

Acquisition in 2005
We STAR GROUP BANGALORE set up in the year 2006 at Bangalore. Star Group Bangalore has been giving administrations to Domestic, Corporate, Commercial and Industries rendering, quality administration at your entry way venture in Bangalore. The organization was put forward with a dream and mission to make life more straightforward and agreeable for family units and associates. Star Group is a prestigious position supplier for people and associations or family units. We additionally give legitimate preparing to the staff offered by us, by rising above the characteristics of genuineness devotion and flawlessness in their work. Our Drivers, Housekeeping and Security staff is exceptionally solid and have full information of exercises like driving, nursing, tidying, cleaning and different works done at homes. workplaces and hospitals with finish devotion. We supply just the authorized and checked individuals for our customers after legitimate foundation confirmation of the work force.

Longitude Licensing

Acquisition in 2016
Longitude Licensing Ltd. (“Longitude”) is a business created to acquire intellectual property from many of the world’s preeminent technology companies. Longitude currently manages portfolios totalling approximately 3,500 patents and patent applications related to semiconductor design and manufacturing process technologies, and non-volatile storage solution technologies. We intend to broaden our licensing and partnership focuses to related technologies such as telecom and consumer electronics.

Impartner

Private Equity Round in 2019
Impartner delivers robust SaaS-based partner relationship management and marketing automation platform solutions. The company is driven by a mission to enable companies to maximize revenue opportunities throughout the complete customer sales lifecycle.

Planful

Acquisition in 2018
Planful is the leading provider of cloud-based connected financial planning and close solutions. Built with financial expertise and a dedication to customer success, Host Analytics meets the needs of finance and accounting teams and helps them to evolve as business conditions change. More than 800 customers including the Boston Red Sox, Bonobos, Evernote, Stoli Group, and Pipedrive rely on Planful for planning, budgeting, modeling, consolidations and reporting. Host Analytics is a private company backed by Vector Capital, a leading global private equity firm specializing in transformational investments in established technology businesses. For more information about Planful, please visit www.hostanalytics.com

ChyronHego

Acquisition in 2014
ChyronHego a global leader in broadcast graphics creation, playout, and real-time data visualization offering a wide variety of products and services for live television, news, and sports production. ChyronHego’s end-to-end graphics offerings include hosted services for graphics creation and order management, on-air graphics systems, clip servers, social media and second screen applications, channel branding, graphics asset management, touch graphics, telestration, virtual placement and player tracking.

Kela Group

Private Placement in 2018
KELA offers proprietary Darknet-based cyber intelligence solutions for enterprises and government agencies worldwide. KELA’s core mission is to harness and integrate the experiences and methodologies of the Israeli Defense Forces’ elite intelligence units for revolutionizing cyber, HLS, and finance. KELA's automated technologies monitor a curated set of Darknet sources to alert clients of targeted threats. All threats are analyzed and qualified by KELA's analysts, ensuring all intelligence is 100% actionable. Comprised of more than 100 intelligence and technical experts all leveraging unique skills from Israel’s elite military intelligence units, KELA's team is able to develop high-end technologies and analyze complex data from an intelligence point-of-view. KELA Targeted Cyber Intelligence continues to lead the threat intelligence market, providing solutions and support in monitoring the Darknet to prevent potential cyber-attacks for enterprises and government agencies.

Planful, Inc.

Private Placement in 2020
Planful, Inc. develops a financial planning and analysis platform. It offers Planful, a platform that is used for financial planning, consolidation, and reporting and analytics. The company’s platform is also used for cash flow forecasting, annual operating planning, workforce planning, monthly close and consolidation, financial reporting, and multi-dimensional ad hoc analysis. Its solutions includes eliminating manual processes, building rolling forecasts, driving strategic planning, decreasing time to close, conducting ad-hoc analysis, creating the board deck, and improving collaboration and workflow. The company serves education, energy and chemicals, food, insurance, life sciences, manufacturing, non-profit, religious, retail, sports, and transportation industries. Planful, Inc. was formerly known as Host Analytics, Inc. and changed its name to Planful, Inc. in December 2019. The company was incorporated in 2007 and is based in Redwood City, California. It has additional offices in Scottsdale, Arizona; and Hyderabad, India.

MarkLogic

Venture Round in 2021
Data integration is one of the most complex IT challenges, and its mission is to simplify it. The MarkLogic Data Hub is a highly differentiated data platform that eliminates friction at every step of the data integration process, enabling organizations to achieve a 360 view faster than ever. By simplifying data integration, MarkLogic helps organizations gain agility, lower IT costs, and safely share their data. Organizations around the world trust MarkLogic to handle their mission-critical data, including 6 of the top 10 banks, 5 of the top 10 pharmaceutical companies, 6 of the top 10 publishers, 9 of the 15 major U.S. government agencies, and many more. Headquartered in Silicon Valley, MarkLogic has offices throughout the U.S., Europe, Asia, and Australia.

Aspect Software

Merger/Acquisition in 2019
Aspect looks to enable organizations to turn the potential of unified communications into real business results, through enhanced knowledge worker and agent productivity and by helping optimize business processes throughout the enterprise and contact center for improved agility and responsiveness. Aspect provides these capabilities by leveraging Microsoft unified communications like Microsoft Active Directory, Microsoft Exchange and Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007.

Savi Technology

Series A in 1999
Savi is the leader in applying big data analytics, data science, and machine learning to in-transit visibility. We develop innovative Internet of Things (IoT) and in-transit visibility solutions for the largest and most complex supply chains in the world. More than 1,000 companies and government organizations depend on Savi applications to reduce supply chain disruptions, improve delivery performance, and decrease logistics costs. For more information about Savi visit www.savi.com.

Gerber Scientific

Acquisition in 2011
For more than four decades, Gerber Technology has been a world leader in providing sophisticated automated manufacturing systems. The company serves 25,000 customers, including more than 100 Fortune 500 companies, in the aerospace, apparel, retail, composites, packaging, furniture, technical textiles, specialty graphics and transportation interiors industries in 130 countries. Gerber’s products help users move faster, at less cost and with the highest quality.

McGraw-Hill Education

Private Equity Round in 2021
McGraw-Hill Education provides learning solutions. It offers iBooks and mobile applications in the areas of science, mathematics, social studies, reading, languages, arts, music, college and career readiness, engineering, and professional development; and digital solutions, including online learning systems, e-books, digital curriculum, adaptive learning programs, and hybrid or blended learning solutions. The company also offers webinars and resources for K-12 educators. It offers its products and services in the areas of elementary and secondary education; advanced placement, honors, and electives; adaptive learning; intervention; supplemental education; adult basic education; and professional development. McGraw-Hill Education is based in Columbus, Ohio.

MoxiWorks

Private Equity Round in 2019
MoxiWorks, LLC designs and develops software solutions for residential real estate brokerages and agents. The company offers a customer relationship and market analysis software that enables agents to perform day-to-day tasks and meet sales targets. The company’s brokerage products include MoxiEngage, MoxiPresent, MoxiMarketing, MoxiTalent, MoxiWebsites, and MoxiHub. MoxiWorks, LLC was incorporated in 2010 and is based in Seattle, Washington.

MarkLogic

Acquisition in 2020
Data integration is one of the most complex IT challenges, and its mission is to simplify it. The MarkLogic Data Hub is a highly differentiated data platform that eliminates friction at every step of the data integration process, enabling organizations to achieve a 360 view faster than ever. By simplifying data integration, MarkLogic helps organizations gain agility, lower IT costs, and safely share their data. Organizations around the world trust MarkLogic to handle their mission-critical data, including 6 of the top 10 banks, 5 of the top 10 pharmaceutical companies, 6 of the top 10 publishers, 9 of the 15 major U.S. government agencies, and many more. Headquartered in Silicon Valley, MarkLogic has offices throughout the U.S., Europe, Asia, and Australia.

MoxiWorks

Private Placement in 2019
MoxiWorks, LLC designs and develops software solutions for residential real estate brokerages and agents. The company offers a customer relationship and market analysis software that enables agents to perform day-to-day tasks and meet sales targets. The company’s brokerage products include MoxiEngage, MoxiPresent, MoxiMarketing, MoxiTalent, MoxiWebsites, and MoxiHub. MoxiWorks, LLC was incorporated in 2010 and is based in Seattle, Washington.

Savi Technology

Series B in 2000
Savi is the leader in applying big data analytics, data science, and machine learning to in-transit visibility. We develop innovative Internet of Things (IoT) and in-transit visibility solutions for the largest and most complex supply chains in the world. More than 1,000 companies and government organizations depend on Savi applications to reduce supply chain disruptions, improve delivery performance, and decrease logistics costs. For more information about Savi visit www.savi.com.

Experian plc, Email/Cross-Channel Marketing Business

Merger/Acquisition in 2017
Experian plc, Email/Cross-Channel Marketing Business comprises email and other online channels that help clients to develop, target, and deliver marketing offers to consumers. The asset is located in the United Kingdom.

Mood Media

Acquisition in 2020
Mood Media Corporation provides in-store media solutions in the United States and internationally. The company creates emotional connections between brands and consumers through the combination of sight, sound, scent, social mobile, and systems solutions. It serves automotive, c-store, financial, healthcare, hospitality, QSR, restaurant, retail, and salon and spa industries. The company was formerly known as Fluid Music Canada, Inc. and changed its name to Mood Media Corporation in June 2010. Mood Media Corporation is based in Fort Mill, South Carolina.

CollabNet

Private Equity Round in 2014
CollabNet provides cloud-based application lifecycle management solutions for increasing enterprise agility and governance. The company offers TeamForge, an enterprise agile platform that simplifies and streamlines user workflow as well as offers enhanced planning, visibility, and reporting for increasingly complex software development environments; CloudForge, a cloud-based platform for developers to code, connect, and deploy projects to the public or private clouds; ScrumWorks Pro, an agile planning platform to unleash team productivity; and Subversion Edge that simplifies subversion installation, automates upgrades, and manages instances. The company also provides Enterprise Git, a control, security, and compliance solution for enterprises; CollabNet. GitEye, an intuitive graphical Git client with integration for users to plan, track, code review, and build tools; and integrations to orchestrate users’ favorite tools. In addition, it offers training services such as agile and product training services; c...

Corel

Acquisition in 2003
Corel develops and delivers graphics, productivity, and digital media software.  It is known for producing software titles such as CorelDRAW, for having acquired Jasc Software, developers of Paint Shop Pro, in October 2004, and other major companies and products such as Ulead Systems and WordPerfect. Corel was founded by Michael Cowpland in 1985, as a research laboratory. The company had great success early in the high-tech boom of the 1990s with the product CorelDRAW, and became, for a time, the biggest software company in Canada. Corel’s headquarters are in Ottawa, Canada, with major offices in the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Taiwan, China and Japan. Its products are available around the world through a well-established network of international resellers, retailers, original equipment manufacturers, online providers and on our websites. Corel’s product line includes CorelDRAW® Graphics Suite, Painter®, Corel DESIGNER® Technical Suite, PaintShop® Pro, VideoStudio®, WinDVD®, WordPerfect® Office, and WinZip®.

Emarsys

Series A in 2015
Emarsys is the largest independent marketing platform company in the world. Our software enables truly personalized, one-to-one interactions between marketers and customers across all channels — building loyalty, enriching the customer journey, and increasing revenue. This enables companies to scale marketing decisions and actions beyond human capabilities.

CloudSense

Venture Round in 2017
CloudSense offers the only solution that manages the entire sales cycle from product design and order capture through to fulfilment, all within Salesforce, accelerating the sales and delivery process. With notable success in the telecoms and media sectors, CloudSense has a world-class team of consultants that specialise in transforming businesses including the BBC and O2 to improve performance in the digital age.

SmartAge

Series D in 2000
SmartAge.com Corp. (www.smartage.com) is the leading provider of business-to-small business eCommerce and online promotional services and products designed to help small businesses sell smarter. The SmartAge.com(SM) Website provides companies with the infrastructure to easily create and promote their Web sites, attract and retain customers and buy and sell services and products online. SmartAge.com has registered more than 1.3 million members within its small business community. PC Magazine ranked SmartAge.com one of the Top 100 Web sites for the last three consecutive quarters; Forbes.com ranked SmartAge.com one of the top 200 Sites in their best of the Web issue in July 2000 and Yahoo! Internet Life gave SmartAge.com the Gold Star Site award for Best Marketing Resource. The company is headquartered in San Francisco with sales offices in Chicago and New York.

Trafficmaster

Acquisition in 2010
Trafficmaster and Teletrac are both focused on the same goal - integrated, intelligent driving services that reduce costs, improve efficiency and reduce carbon footprint. Their services use a common telematics technology platform, developed in-house to offer tailored solutions to their customers.

Saba Software

Merger/Acquisition in 2015
Saba Software, Inc. provides cloud-based intelligent talent management solution for organizations to hire, develop, engage, and inspire people worldwide. It offers a set of people cloud applications, including recruiting, enterprise learning, talent management, and collaboration solutions to mobilize and engage people around new strategies and initiatives; align and connect people to the flow of business; and cultivate, capture, and share individual and collective knowhow. Its customer base includes organizations in financial services, life sciences and healthcare, high tech, automotive and manufacturing, retail, energy and utilities, and packaged goods sectors, as well as public sector organizations. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Dublin, California. As of October 2, 2020, Saba Software, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of BestatDigital.

Saba Software

Acquisition in 2015
Saba Software, Inc. provides cloud-based intelligent talent management solution for organizations to hire, develop, engage, and inspire people worldwide. It offers a set of people cloud applications, including recruiting, enterprise learning, talent management, and collaboration solutions to mobilize and engage people around new strategies and initiatives; align and connect people to the flow of business; and cultivate, capture, and share individual and collective knowhow. Its customer base includes organizations in financial services, life sciences and healthcare, high tech, automotive and manufacturing, retail, energy and utilities, and packaged goods sectors, as well as public sector organizations. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Dublin, California. As of October 2, 2020, Saba Software, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of BestatDigital.

Kela Group

Private Equity Round in 2018
KELA offers proprietary Darknet-based cyber intelligence solutions for enterprises and government agencies worldwide. KELA’s core mission is to harness and integrate the experiences and methodologies of the Israeli Defense Forces’ elite intelligence units for revolutionizing cyber, HLS, and finance. KELA's automated technologies monitor a curated set of Darknet sources to alert clients of targeted threats. All threats are analyzed and qualified by KELA's analysts, ensuring all intelligence is 100% actionable. Comprised of more than 100 intelligence and technical experts all leveraging unique skills from Israel’s elite military intelligence units, KELA's team is able to develop high-end technologies and analyze complex data from an intelligence point-of-view. KELA Targeted Cyber Intelligence continues to lead the threat intelligence market, providing solutions and support in monitoring the Darknet to prevent potential cyber-attacks for enterprises and government agencies.

BroadVision

Acquisition in 2005
Since the dawn of the Web, BroadVision has been a global leader in providing organizations with the rules, tools and infrastructure for doing business on the Web. On the product and technology side, we've been an innovator and market leader in solutions designed to meet the needs of the enterprise for collaboration, personalization, agile/DIY development, content creation and management, and technology for the workplace. With BroadVision Clearvale, we're now a leader in cloud-based solutions for the virtual, mobile, social enterprise.

SafeNet

Private Equity Round in 2010
SafeNet provides a number of security related tools including encryption technologies, hardware, software, and chips. Some of their customers include UBS, Nokia, Fujitsu, Hitachi, Bank of America, Adobe, Cisco Systems, Microsoft, Samsung, Texas Instruments, the U.S. Departments of Defense and Homeland Security, and the U.S. Internal Revenue Service. SafeNet was acquired by [Vector Capital](/organization/vector-capital) in 2007.

Triton Digital

Merger/Acquisition in 2015
Triton Digital® is the global technology and services leader to the digital audio and podcast industry. Operating in more than 45 countries, Triton Digital provides innovative technology that enables broadcasters, podcasters, and online music services to build their audience, maximize their revenue, and streamline their day-to-day operations. In addition, Triton Digital powers the global online audio industry with Webcast Metrics®, the only MRC-accredited audience measurement service that makes it easy for advertisers and brands to determine the best destination and time to reach their target audiences. Through unparalleled integrity, excellence, teamwork, and accountability, Triton Digital remains committed to connecting audio, audience, and advertisers to continuously fuel the growth of the global online industry.  For more information, visit www.TritonDigital.com.